Red Sox Made 'Several Offers' In Free Agency, Expect To Break News Soon

Boston could announce free-agent signings at any moment

Scott Neville | Nov 17, 2022

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Will the Boston Red Sox be announcing that they've signed some impact players in the coming days? It sounds like there is internal optimism after an active couple of weeks behind the scenes.

The team has plenty of money freed up this offseason, and some key players they intend to bring back, namely shortstop Xander Bogaerts and right-hander Nathan Eovaldi. According to a primary source, the team is making external offers as well.

"Coming out of (last week’s) GM meetings, I can tell you that we have been very proactive,” Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy told The Boston Globe's Michael Silverman. “Though I know people don’t want to hear about how aggressive we’ve been, because it doesn’t mean anything until there’s something to announce.

“But I can tell you that we’ve made offers to several players, including our own players. And we’re cautiously optimistic that things are going to start moving here.”

Kennedy said the Red Sox "sweetened" offers to both Bogaerts and superstar third baseman Rafael Devers (who enters the last year of his contract). It was previously reported that the team made a multi-year offer to Eovaldi, and that there has been "mutual interest" between Boston and Rich Hill.

The wording of the quote also heavily implies that the Red Sox have made offers to external free agents, which is the bigger story.

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Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and company have kept their moves tight to the vest since coming over, so the lack of rumors does not necessarily equate to a lack of activity.

Boston desperately needs both high-end starting pitching and a new set of arms in the bullpen. Shortstop is a growing concern as Bogey continues to receive plenty of interest from some of the biggest markets in the league.

They also could use a slugger to add to the outfield, a catcher to improve upon a duo that currently stands as Reese McGuire and Connor Wong, and have a vacancy in the designated hitter role.

It appears that Kennedy believes at least one of those upgrades will occur soon, which would at the very least ease the minds of the fans.

The team has a lot to accomplish this winter, an acquisition or two in the coming weeks could go a long way toward building a competitive roster for 2023 and beyond.

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Published Nov 17, 2022

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu